Charity Retail Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Charity Retail Ireland

Date published 07 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Trade

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details To ask for charity retail to be included in the CRSS scheme. To ask for a Restart grant or similar for reopening post lockdown

Intended results For charity retail to be eligible to apply for the CRSS. For a restart grant or similar to be put in place

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ruairi McGinley, Treasurer ICSA, Mark Sweeney Chair ICSA

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

To highlight the issues charities face as their funding channels are restricted by government mandate yet demand for the services has increased because of the pandemic.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Michael McGrath Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Leo Varadkar Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)